Usage examples (20)

• The fever, though it was October, had scarcely abated; indeed, on the contrary, it seemed to have revived and increased in virulency in consequence of the premature...
• The veterinarian is in no position to estimate the virulency of organisms so introduced; neither can he determine the exact degree of resistance possessed by the subject...
• Experience teaches that the natural course and termination in these cases are modified by the location and depth of the injury, virulency of the contagium and resistance...
• A sub-coronary abscess which, because of lack of proper care or because of virulency of the contagium or low vitality of the subject, is quite apt to result in...